The discovery of a collection of previously unknown species, including a Pinocchio-nosed frog, a yellow-eyed gecko and the world’s smallest wallaby, found on the remote Indonesian Island of New Guinea was announced by a group of international scientists in May, just ahead of the International Day for Biodiversity.
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